Do you find yourself all too often spending time with time wasters and tire kickers rather than with prospects that want to buy your products or services at the right price?

Well – it’s probably your own fault! Sorry.

Good marketing is like a magnet. Magnets attract and repel. Your marketing messages should effectively attract the right people for all the right reasons and you can afford to Read the rest of this entry

Here’s your 7 day challenge…

Why do some people succeed where others fail? Its a big question, but I firmly believe there aren’t in fact too many answers.

All the successful people I know have made a decision to create the life and the business they want. The rest, many of them great people, so don’t get me wrong… take what comes their way, they go with the flow, they accept that things just Read the rest of this entry

We do this and we do that… You need to understand and accept that no one is really interested in you or your products. That’s OK, take a deep breath and let me explain what I mean.

Most human beings are only interested in “what’s in it for me”. Someone once explained this to me by saying that people are tuned into radio WII-FM, that’s: What’s In It For Me. I’ve never forgotten it Read the rest of this entry

No doubt he’s been hugely successful, but his new celebrity status and grouchy image might just have gone to his head.

The former Labour Government Enterprise Champion and spokesman for small business let his grumpy, miserable persona spill over into his new year message to business owners in an article in the Telegraph on 6th January.

His article started;

“My message to those who run Read the rest of this entry

It’s the ultimate steal and what every person dreams about when searching through an attic, garage sales, antique stores, and flea markets.

Apparently, the owners of a now very famous 16 inch vase, kept it rather precariously perched on top of a bookcase in their living room. The ornate Chinese vase adorned with flowers and a fish motif on the front sat for years without too many people paying Read the rest of this entry